Home Sweet Home

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Home sweet home.

A 48-second environment animation made in Blender. I’m a huge fan of mid-century maximalist interiors with jolly colors. In this project, my objective was to create a polished isometric room design. I focused on creating an appealing color palette, animating the scene, and matching to the sound design.

The goal

I had done a similar project before where I did a realistic render of an existing interior. This time I set myself a goal for myself to shift from life-like renders to smooth isometric design style.

How I made it happen:

Week 1: Rough draft and collecting references

I drew a very approximate sketch for object placement and mapped out how many and what objects I need to model.

Week 2-3: Modeling individual items

Next step was modeling all objects except for Miffy lamps and chess pieces. I started with objects that take up more space and them fill up the interior with misc decorations.

Week 4: Light test renders

I set up lights in the scene. All objects have one texture I planned to use for this toy-like style but with no colors yet. I manipulated lights and shadows without having color distractions.

Week 5: Animating the scene

I set up lights in the scene. All objects have one texture I planned to use for this toy-like style but with no colors yet. I manipulated lights and shadows without having color distractions.

Week 6: Final renders

After applying color to objects, I rendered images for both a daytime and a nighttime version of the room. The final animation is rendered in night lighting.

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